Dont Go On Foot
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm did you really go there on
foot let’s talk about it as many of you
know I’ve been an English teacher in a
classroom in several different countries
around the world now I teach only online
through Skype but when I was teaching in
a classroom I had to use the textbook
that the school told me to use some
textbooks were better than others but
there was one thing that was really
similar in almost every textbook the
question was how do you go to school how
do you go to work and the textbook
answer was always I go on foot
I go by bus I go by train ah we don’t
really use this kind of sentence
structure very often so let me give you
another example of how you can use it
naturally even though on foot by bus by
car is really easy we don’t often use
this in American English so instead we
change the verb how do you go to school
how do you go to work I walk to work I
take the train to work I take the bus to
work the verb changes instead of adding
I go to work on foot I go to work by bus
this is a very textbook answer so make
sure that you change the verb I’m going
to tell you a little story about
transportation so that you can remember
this concept when I was living in Paris
I didn’t have a car and I definitely
didn’t need one when I went to school I
took the subway after school I walked to
the park and had a picnic with my
friends sometimes I took a bus to my
friend’s house and if I was visiting
another city I often took the train I
only took a taxi once because it was
really expensive in Paris and even then
my host family paid for it not me I took
all sorts of kinds of transportation
cars with other people
buses trains
subways taxis I also walked on my
website I’m going to write some more
sample sentences and details about how
to use this correctly and to make sure
that you don’t use the textbook answer
so if you’re not on my website click the
link below this video and you can get
the full free lesson and now I have a
question for you how do you get to work
how do you get around town I want to see
your sample sentences using this natural
way of speaking not on foot not by bus
go ahead and write some amazing sample
sentences below this video and I look
forward to seeing them talk to you later
goodbye